Hotel of the Saints
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The bestselling author of Stones from the River and The Vision of Emma Blau renews her reputation as an extraordinary writer of short stories in this major collection that balances her reader on the magical border of laughter and sorrow.
In Hotel of the Saints, Hegi enters the perspectives of lovers and loners, eccentrics and artists, children and parents: a musician tries to protect her daughter from loving a blind man; a seminary student yearns for the certainty of faith that belonged to
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emotional and entertaining,
The final story ‘Lowers crossing’ is heartfelt and compassionate, ‘Stolen chocolates’ is for me about beauty and acceptance and the two stories ‘the doves’ and ‘for their own survival’ have similar themes of freedom. It is a wonderful collection and I feel I have allowed myself to be introduced to another author who I anticipate will inhabit my bookshelf for years to come.
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|Glimpses into German life,
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|Unique & Sensitive Modern Day Literature,
The book is a collection of short stories, most of which have been previously published in other journals. However, the particular selection of stories holds together in great harmony as a compilation. Hegi has a talent for character development that rivals the greatest of short story writers. In her stories in this book, all between about 5 and 22 pages, Hegi shows an ability that is truly impressive with respect to her proficiency in conveying the character of her story so sensitively and completely.
Hegi makes no secret of her German origin or its particular effect on the characters in the book, many of whom are German. She has a pleasant style of using German words, but then immediately translating so no loss of meaning or understanding is felt by the reader. Except in her occasional use of German profanity or a very close cognate, Hegi always provides the user with the German word’s translation and does not use the effect too much that it becomes irritating, only as much as she needs, in order to add the flavor she is trying to convey.
As one of the outstanding authors writing in America today this work is a fine example of what can be done with precision and imagination. This book is recommended to all lovers of fine and personal short stories.
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